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• n  religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded

• And the mutawa, the religious police, gained greater influence.
• That wasn't good enough for the mutawa, the vigilantes who enforce Muslim religious laws against impiety and immodesty.

• Mutawa'een
• Mutawa

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• Barack Obama in CNN
  After my speech in Cairo, he [Mutawa] had a similar idea,Obama said Monday. "So in his comic books, Superman and Batman reached out to their Muslim counterparts. And I hear they are making progress."